Hey everyone! Well the rating for this story has changed from T to M because there's going to be a hot scene between Ulquiorra and Orihime. You will also find out what Ulquiorra is doing back…despite the fact that he wants to see Orihime. A couple weeks ago, my boyfriend asked me how many chapters I would put on this story, and my answer was around 15 or probably around 20. It will most likely be around 15. Anyway, here's the chapter right now!

Chapter 4: Love in Dark Places

Orihime could not say anything as she stared in awe at the man that saved her life.

Ulquiorra stopped leaning on the wall and continued staring at her impatiently. "Well? What are you going to do, woman? I am back, you know."

Instinctively, Orihime ran and hugged her boyfriend tightly, earning a backrub in return. "What happened? I thought Aizen-sama sent you to Soul Society to deal with Grimmjow."

They parted a little bit and Ulquiorra took Orihime's hand as they walked towards her room together. "Change of plans," he whispered. "As you know, Kurosaki and Kuchiki might be coming here any minute to collect their comrades." Orihime snorted with disgust. "So there has to be someone to deal with them when they arrive, and Aizen-sama believes that I am the best candidate for the job. He sent Leroux and Yammy instead."

Orihime smirked. "Well, make sure that I deal with Rukia myself. I want my revenge to be slow and painful for her. I am sure that she will be a wonderful test subject to try out my new abilities." She tightened her free hand into a fist. "I want her to suffer in agony."

Ulquiorra understood what his girlfriend wanted to do. Ever since she had arrived in Hueco Mundo, she had undergone vigorous and harsh training to further her abilities and increase her strength. Over the course of a year, she had grown exponentially strong with a few new tricks up her sleeve. Ever since these new abilities were gained, she was more than eager to test them out on Rukia to make her pay for the humiliation that she had caused.

The espada realized that it would be more than fair game to have Ichigo has his opponent. After all, the teen did beat him the last time they fought, and he had almost killed him twice. However, should Rukia ever defeat Orihime again, there was no way that she could win against the fourth espada if he had defeated Ichigo first. For these reasons, Ulquiorra felt that Aizen made the right choice in sending him back to Hueco Mundo, on top of wanting to see Orihime again of course.

They arrived in Orihime's room and started to kiss each other deeply. Ulquiorra kicked the door shut lightly with his feet and continued to caress Orihime's back. The female purred with delight as she nibbled her beloved's ears, running her hands over his firm chest.

Ulquiorra knew what she wanted. He gently laid her on the bed and undid her dress, kissing her breasts and neck gently. Orihime shivered in response as she ran her hands over his back.

She brought her hands to Ulquiorra's chest and took off his trench coat - the espada raising his body a bit to make it easier for her to do so. At the same time, Ulquiorra kissed her deeply and passionately, earning a kiss in return.

Orihime took off her boyfriend's gi and wrapped her legs around his waste, moaning his name in desperation. As if reading her mind, Ulquiorra lowered himself into Orihime and started moving in and out of her, earning a loud moan in return. They kissed deeply and passionately as Ulquiorra quickened his pace. Orihime's breathing became louder and faster with each thrust that her boyfriend did on her.

"Ohh, Ulquiorra-kun! I love you! Don't stop please!" Orihime whined and said espada increased his speed and intensity.

Almost simultaneously, both lovers reached their climax, and Ulquiorra lay down next to his panting girlfriend, wrapping his arms around her and panting himself.

"That was great, Ulquiorra-kun," Orihime commented with a beaming smile.

"Glad to hear it," Ulquiorra whispered in her ear before nibbling it a bit, earning a soft chuckle.

"I love you, Ulquiorra-kun."

"Yea, me too."

The two fell asleep in each other's arms, oblivious to what was coming their way.

Dashing across the sandy landscape of Hueco Mundo, two figures in black desperately raced towards the towering palace of Las Noches, eager to get their son back. One was petite with raven-coloured locks that bounced while she ran; the other a tall, muscular man with orange spikes and a cleaver-like sword with almost the length of his body attached to his back. Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki – parents of Ryuichi Kurosaki, who was held captive within the pristine yet gloomy walls of the fortress.

They ran in silence for a while, until Rukia spoke up. "I know that you fought against your hollow before. Did you beat him?"

"Yeah…" Ichigo trailed off.

Rukia was puzzled for a moment. "What if a time comes when you are near death?"

Ichigo gave her an assured smirk. "Don't worry, Rukia, I may have defeated him but he's back where he belongs and his powers are now mine once more. If ever a time comes when I'm close to death, I can summon his reiatsu and turn hollow…like what he does whenever I'm about to be defeated."

"What if we are going to get back? Surely we will need a garganta."

"For some reason, he had the power to open the garganta. I took that power from him when I defeated him, so everything will work out."

Rukia smiled. What a relief to know that she has someone like Ichigo on her side – a guy that would chase away her fears and assure her that everything will be alright. This was the main reason why she fell in love with him. She always felt safe and secure around him.

Suddenly, Ichigo's voice interrupted her daydreams. "We've got company!" Startled, Rukia's head snapped up and winced at several Menos-type hollows – around four of them and probably adjuchas. Surrounding them were around fifteen lesser hollows. Rukia's eyes narrowed as she drew her zampakutou. Things are going to get ugly.

Ichigo reached behind him to remove his zampakutou as well; the white linen immediately unravelling itself with maximum speed. The smirk grew wider on his face as he held Zangetsu tightly in his hands. "Let's play."

The adjuchas pointed towards the intruders and the lesser hollows lunged toward them as though they were soldiers following orders. They surrounded the shinigami, thinking that they would not escape from the ambush.

Rukia and Ichigo stood back-to-back and swords drawn. This was no different from their hollow-hunting days back in the World of the Living. Nodding to each other, they flash-stepped apart, causing the hollows to pounce in retaliation. Swords sliced through masks and both shinigami were unscathed.

As soon as all fifteen hollows evaporated, Ichigo and Rukia turned towards the generals of the pack, who roared with rage and distaste. "Seriously," Ichigo taunted, "you guys know better than to mess with a powerful duo like Rukia and me."

"Get them!" One of the adjuchas roared as it and the others attacked and fought with their full strength. Ichigo and Rukia each blocked the attacks that were coming for them, swiping them away at every given moment. The hollows came back for more, stalling the shinigami who also attacked at the same time.

Rukia growled as she struggled with her adjucha and one slashed at her from behind.

"Rukia!" Ichigo shouted as he struggled with his.

"I'm alright! You have your hands full already!" Rukia exclaimed back, panting and bleeding from her back wound. She moved her zampakutou in a big vertical circle around her, causing it to turn pure white and a long, silky ribbon of the same colour flowing behind it. "Mae…Sode no Shirayuki."

She then touched her released zampakutou in four different spots in front of her. Pointing her zampakutou over her shoulder at the two adjuchas in front of her who were about to fire cero blasts at her, she incanted her second zampakutou dance. "Tsugi no Mae…Hadoken!" From those imprinted markings she had created four powerful ice blasts zoomed towards the hollows, freezing them instantly. Flicking her zampakutou to the side, the ice ridges shattered along with the hollows, ensuring her victory.

Rukia took her hand and reached for the wound in her back, unleashing a kidou healing technique and watching Ichigo in his fight.

Already in Bankai form, Ichigo swiftly dodged any further attack that the adjuchas had given him, whether it was a cero or slashing of claws. Either way, they were no match for his superior speed. The Kurosaki fired a Getsuga Tenshou, eliminating one while the other continued slashing at him. A black aura of reiatsu then surrounded him as he charged towards the second, slicing it completely in half.

Reverting back to his shikai state, Ichigo walked triumphantly towards his girlfriend to see how she was doing. At that moment, her wound was completely healed. "You alright, Rukia?" he inquired, with eyes filled with concern.

The Kuchiki smiled in reply. "Let's go," she suggested as she broke off into a run towards the palace that stood before them; Ichigo immediately followed. You could tell that there was a bond between them for simultaneously their hearts were racing with desperation to reunite with their precious son again.

It took a while for them to reach the towering walls of Las Noches, and they were studying the obstacle with great interest.

"I would say do what we did the last time we were here," Ichigo suggested as Rukia rolled her eyes. "Yeah, and announce our presence," she quipped with sarcasm, "smart thinking…"

When they were rescuing Orihime from Aizen's grip two years ago, Renji and Ichigo broke down the walls using the power of their zampakutou. Even though Aizen and his espada already knew that they would be there, Rukia had the feeling that it would not be a smart idea.

"I'm serious, Rukia," Ichigo shot back, "Besides, they already know that we are here. You told me yourself that same thing. I know that we are going to keep on our guard just in case there will be even more obstacles, like what Grimmjow had warned us about."

Sighing for she had lost this argument, Rukia mumbled, "Go ahead. Break it down."

Ichigo smirked. "Alright then, stand back." Rukia did as she was told, and Ichigo raised Zangetsu over his head and swept it down in front of him, shouting, "GETSUGA TENSHOU!" The blast emitted from the sword crashed through the wall easily, and the shinigami stepped through the tumbling rubble.

Rukia's worries about being noticed were replaced by her previous determination to get her son back. Ichigo was also anxious to get his sister back from Aizen's influence and make him pay for everything that he had caused, but that would be at a later date.

"Where to?" Rukia asked as she looked around the familiar building. Ichigo looked down the hallway towards his left. "Follow me," he replied.

The hall was as pitch black as it was before, and Rukia used kidou as a lantern to light their way.

A feeling of déjà vu swept over the two. Will they be separated again once they reach the room ahead? Even though they almost died the last time they were separated, Ichigo figured that separation was the best way for they did not know where their son and his sister were.

A light at the end of the pitch-black hallway brought them back to reality. "There it is…" Ichigo trailed off. Rukia understood his worries. "If you're worried about me getting fatally injured again, I'll be fine. Have faith in me, Ichigo. Besides, it's best to split up. After all, Las Noches is a big place."

They stepped through the large arched doorway that would lead them to the well-lit foyer. Surrounding them were other arched doorways like what they had gone through.

Ichigo and Rukia faced each other with a look of longing and determination in their eyes. "Be careful out there, Rukia," Ichigo said as he took the Kuchiki's hands in his. Rukia smirked. "Don't worry about me, Ichigo, I'm a big girl now." Then she frowned once again. "Make you be careful out there as well." Ichigo nodded. "We'll meet again soon. Good luck."

"Same to you, Ichigo."

Their lips brushed against each other briefly before they parted ways to continue their very dangerous search-and-retrieve mission.

Eyebrows furrowed, Aizen's lips slowly curled into a wide, evil grin. "So they've come at last," he muttered to no one in particular, closing his eyes as though he were living in bliss. "Things will finally go according to plan. I can finally taste my sweet revenge already."

An arrancar entered the throne room, looking up at his dark lord with loyal eyes. "Is there anything I can do, sir?" he asked, voice sounding almost monotone. "Yes," Aizen answered, "where is Ulquiorra?"

"With Inoue-sama, sir."

Aizen knew that his servant would say that. "Very well then, give him this message. Kurosaki and his beloved girlfriend are here. Ulquiorra may fight Kurosaki if he wishes, but he must not kill him. I wish to give Kurosaki a slow and painful death myself. Let Inoue-chan know about this as well."

"Yes, sir." The arrancar immediately vanished from the throne room to relay the message to Ulquiorra and Orihime when Aizen chuckled, marveling at the thought of defeating Ichigo once and for all.

Next time on Incomplete Sorrows:

He looked deep in her eyes and sighed. How is he going to tell her without something drastic happening to their relationship? They just got together a couple of weeks ago, and now he is going to leave her for some war. This is just what he needed.

"What's wrong, Renji?" Tatsuki asked; her eyes filled with concern for her newfound boyfriend. They just started their relationship, and already something is wrong but what?

Renji took another deep breath and closed his eyes for a brief moment. He had no choice but to tell her. "I need to tell you something, and I don't know how you will react."

It looks like there is going to be some major drama in the next chapter! Just to let you guys know, the previews for the following chapters and the actual part of the chapters that have been previewed the previous chapter (did that make sense?) may be slightly different. They still have the same idea though.

This chapter, however, was very hard to write but I finally got it done! I hope that the wait was worth it, everyone. Sorry for the delay. I will try to have the next chapter up as soon as I can. In the meantime though, please review and let me know what you think! The video version of this chapter will be started as soon as possible.

Take care all!